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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 722 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapters 153<\/a> and 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65104,"section_number":"15.2-1123.1","catch_line":"Lynchburg Regional Airport police department","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1123.1\/"},{"id":73488,"section_number":"9.1-101","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-101\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":285439,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86204,"identifier":"9.1-600","token":"9.1\/6\/9.1-600","url":"\/9.1-600\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-600\/","token":"9.1\/6\/9.1-600","dublin_core":{"Title":"Civilian protection in cases of police misconduct; minimum standards","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-600","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> State, local, and other public law<\/span>-enforcement agencies, which have ten or more law<\/span>-enforcement officers, shall have procedures as established in subsection B, allowing citizen submission of complaints regarding the conduct of the law<\/span>-enforcement agency, law<\/span>-enforcement officers in the agency, or employees of the agency. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Law<\/span>-enforcement agencies shall ensure, at a minimum, that in the case of all written complaints: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The general public has access to the required forms and information concerning the submission of complaints; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The law<\/span>-enforcement agency assists individuals in filing complaints; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Adequate records are maintained of the nature and disposition<\/span> of such cases. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCIVILIAN PROTECTION IN CASES OF POLICE MISCONDUCT; MINIMUM STANDARDS (\u00a7\n9.1-600)\n\nA. State, local, and other public law-enforcement agencies, which have ten or\nmore law-enforcement officers, shall have procedures as established in\nsubsection B, allowing citizen submission of complaints regarding the conduct of\nthe law-enforcement agency, law-enforcement officers in the agency, or employees\nof the agency.\n\nB. Law-enforcement agencies shall ensure, at a minimum, that in the case of all\nwritten complaints:\n\n 1. The general public has access to the required forms and information\n concerning the submission of complaints;\n\n 2. The law-enforcement agency assists individuals in filing complaints; and\n\n 3. Adequate records are maintained of the nature and disposition of such\n cases.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 722, \u00a7 2.1-116.9:6; 2001, cc. 153, 844.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}